Virtual Reality Goes Visceral Experience

Virtual reality may prove a ground-breaking technology trend of 2016. Ascent of Everest, for example, came courtesy of the HTC Vive VR headset and a game developed by the Icelandic firm Solfar Studios.  A...

[Watch] The Final Resting Place Of El Faro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YgwocSX5ds&feature=youtu.beThe U.S. flagged ship, owned by Sea Star Line and operated by TOTE Services, went missing on October 1 during Hurricane Joaquin.  The vessel was located in about 15,000 feet of water in the...

Notoriously Treacherous Region Infamous For Sinking Ships

About 65 miles north of Progresso, Mexico, five small islands stand amidst the largest coral structure in the southern Gulf of Mexico.The reef complex is about 17 miles long and about 13 miles wide...

Mega Container Ship Clears Golden Gate With 20 Feet To Spare

Benjamin Franklin, the nearly quarter-mile-long megaship, is the largest container ship to visit the U.S.  It passed under the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco before arriving at the Port of Oakland.  It cleared...

China Approves Second Merger

Maritime industry is affected by overcapacity and global competitive businesses.  China has approved another strategic restructuring of two state-owned shipping-related conglomerates, the second such move this month.Sinotrans & CSC Holdings Co. will become a...

Storm Kills One On New Year’s Day

The vessel was enroute from Rotterdam to Tanger, Morocco on New Year’s day when a stormy weather hit the container ship 40 nautical miles off Ouessant Island.  One of the men was swept overboard during...

Missing MISS Gaunt Located

The tug Gauntlet that was pulling the stranded ship Horizon Trader was last located in Mauritius waters.  Horizon Trader owned by US shipping company Matson Inc was sold for primitive shipbreaking at Alang.  The...

[Video] Elevator Crushed Electrician to Death.

The Carnival Ecstasy, a 2,056-passenger cruise ship was the place where the horrendous death of an electrician happened while working on an elevator during the final leg of a three-day cruise.  Sara Robinson and...

Ships Aground, Smashed and Decks Torn. Strom Frank’s Show!

Storm Frank's high winds and waves pushed vessels aground, smashed ships against docks and tore cargo from weather decks. Speed read of such incidents:In Marstal Harbor, Denmark, a general cargo vessel went hard aground on...